• DocumentCode
    3217899
  • Title

    Triggering jitter of a gas switch at high voltage and low laser energy

  • Author

    Hutsel, B.T. ; Sullivan, D.L. ; Kovaleski, S.D. ; Gahl, J.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    1-5 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Laser triggered gas switch experiments have been completed to determine the effect of laser parameters and laser targets on runtime and jitter. A New Wave Tempest 10, Nd:YAG laser capable of output at 266 nm, 532 nm, or 1064 nm was used to trigger the switch. The switch was pulsed charged with the Tiger pulsed power machine consisting of a 32 capacitor Marx bank and a 7 nF intermediate storage capacitor.
  • Keywords
    gas lasers; Marx bank; Tiger pulsed power machine; gas switch; high voltage; intermediate storage capacitor; low laser energy; triggering jitter; Capacitors; Gas lasers; Jitter; Low voltage; Optical materials; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Runtime; Solid lasers; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Plasma Science - Abstracts, 2009. ICOPS 2009. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    0730-9244
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2617-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PLASMA.2009.5227618
  • Filename
    5227618